I HAVE A TESTER THAT TEST PULSE DIALING TELEPHONES IN THE MANUAL THEY MENTION CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES INTER -DIGIT PAUSE SEEMS TO VARY FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER THE MINIMUM IS 448 msec THE MAX IS 798 msec OTHER VALUES ARE 498 599 AND 618 msec PULSE SPEEDS VARY FROM ONE STANDARD TO ANOTHER A LIST OF DIFFERENT VALUES GIVEN BELOW MIN 8.8 MAX 11.2 PULSES PER SECOND MIN 9 MAX 11.2 MIN 9.1 MAX 10.9 MIN 9.4 MAX 10.6 MIN 8.9 MAX 11.1 BREAK TIME ALSO VARIES FOR DIFFERENT STANDARDS MIN 33 MAX 52 msec MIN 58MAX 74 MIN 54 MAX 70 MIN 52 MAX 64 MIN 53 MAX 67 MIN 54 MAX 82 MIN 56 MAX 64 MIN 63 MAX 71 MAKE TIME ALSO VARIES FOR DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN THE SAME ORDER AS ABOVE MIN 15 MAX 28 msec MIN 28MAX 38 MIN 33 MAX 46 MIN 34 MAX 46 MIN 35 MAX 45 MIN 25 MAX 43 MIN 36 MAX 44 MIN 29 MAX 37 SHARIF NABULSI AMMAN - JORDAN EMAIL : rnc@go.com.jo